12 very long years

[Growler]

wedding anniversary tomorrow

time for a pint me thinks

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

wedding anniversary tomorrow

time for a pint me thinks

Yeah, drown your sorrows :drink: :drink:

 

[unclepumble]

Just think you don't get that long for Murder now a days :shock:

Congrats By the way :drink:

UP

 

[Dave Ne]

Wait till you have 30+ under your belt, she claims she still loves me though :lol: , bless, Dave Ne

 

[Thornyhill]

you know you have it sussed when you only communicate with SWMBO by Facebook. Nagging by Facebook is soooooo easy to ignore

 

[tubby_shaw]

Congratulations :

 

[Cyclops]

Congratulations, its our 1st anniversary today too :)

 

[Moley]

Yes, we're a few days away from 21 years, but I can't recall ever breaking 3 mirrors :wha:

Congratulations to Growler and Cyclops though :

 

[Growler]

Thanks you lot




We may only be on our 12th anniversary but we have been a couple for 20 years :shock:
My proposal was dead romantic we were at her grandfathers funeral and I said " I suppose we should get married then" and she has never let me forget it!

 

[Moley]

My proposal was dead romantic, we were at her grandfathers funeral

No pun intended?

I love Orkney and had been there a few times on holidays.
She was into Folk music and Folk Rock.
I found out there was an Orkney Folk Festival, so it seemed like an ideal way to introduce her to the Islands.

One day, while visiting some of the ‘tourist attractions’, we stopped at the Ring of Brodgar. The weather can change rapidly on Orkney, and when it rains it frequently does so horizontally.

She took shelter behind a stone, I ran to join her, tripped, sprawled, and did a 5-point landing right in front of her (hands, knees and nose). As I was already on my knees it seemeed a shame to waste the opportunity, and somehow I blurted out the words “marry me”.


So come on folks, any more unusual proposals? How did you pop the question?

 

[unclepumble]

You old romantic Adrian :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

UP

 

[bluebell]

Well I was 15 and we had been going out for about 3 weeks, we were sat on the green at the mid way point between our parents houses, he picked a bunch of daises and asked me to marry him, apparently he knew that quickly :?

We have been together 30 years this year, married for 28 of them. Now that has made me feel very old and scared!

Congratulations to Growler and Cyclops

 

[Moley]

Oh that's excellent bluebell, thanks for sharing that.

You old romantic Adrian :clap: :clap: :clap:

It gets better: Our first meeting was a blind date, my Mother knew her Aunt, and we had been discussed.

“Is your Adrian seeing anyone?”
“Neither is our Lynn, he should give her a call.”

After I had been nagged for a few months - “Are you going to give that girl a call?” “No, sod off” - and both sides had forgotten about it, one evening I decided to give that girl a call, and we went out to a country pub.

She agreed that I could see her again, but our 2nd and 3rd ‘dates’ were at her hospital bedside after she had been rushed in with a burst appendix, where I also met the Mother-in-Law to be. Then when she came out of hospital she went back to her parents in Wales for a while to rest and recuperate.

Our 4th meeting was when I went down to Wales to see her for a day, where I also met Father-in-Law to be.

During that day I got to walk along the beach with this girl and her very young nephew, and I think I knew then that this was what I wanted and who I wanted to be with.

It was at least another 3-4 months before Orkney though.

 

[dennisking]

Sounds like you had an arranged marriage Adrian.

Personally its been 34 years last March.

 

[Growler]

Me? Pun! Never. :whistle:

 

[Moley]

Sounds like you had an arranged marriage Adrian.

Oh no, that was never part of the plan, or no-one had ever thought things through to Worst Case Scenario.

When it became apparent That Woman was going to take away Mommy's Little Darling things began to turn a little nasty. Mrs. Mole and my Mother just about tolerate each-other now, but that Aunt has been forever ostracised.

Anyway, that's far too much about me, I've hijacked Growler's topic (sorry Growler) but thrown it open, so where's everybody else?

 

[craigite]

The weather can change rapidly on Orkney, and when it rains it frequently does so horizontally.

Sounds typical Orkney weather. It's aboit 10degC outside today and the gale made cutting the grass a bit of a pain. Now all my tattie (potato) shaws have been blown to shreads.


PS. Been married 19years, proposed in a pub. Not very romantic but been happy ever since :whistle:

 

[screamlead]

34 years next month for me too. Proposed stood on the west window of York minster whilst doing a fanfare gig with my band at the time.

 

[graysalchemy]

I have just done 10 yrs with no parole insight :rofl: About to go on annual leave with MIL , FIL SWMBO, kids and dog oh joy.

 

[Moley]

Trouble is, they say that men marry expecting that she won't change, but she does, whereas women marry expecting that he will change, but he doesn't.

I suppose the real question is, had you known then what you know now, would you still have done it?